Drug manufacturer Novo Nordisk is giving 340B covered entities refunds for overcharges on two package sizes of its Tresiba FlexTouch insulin pen and on 10 milliliter vials of its Fiasp brand insulin.
The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
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Drug industry vendor Kalderos is urging leaders in Washington to temporarily shield hospitals from losing their 340B eligibility during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“Kalderos is urging a rapid federal response to protect these hospitals,” the company said in a July 23
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Hospital trade group 340B Health has asked pharmaceutical giant Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) to withdraw its plan to cut off discounts for drugs that are distributed by contract pharmacies. However, BI does not appear to be backing down and the German-based company
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For the fourth time since 2020, Purdue Pharma has announced refunds to 340B covered entities for overcharges. Purdue, which pled guilty in November in federal court to fraud and kickback charges related to its role in fueling the national opioid-abuse epidemic,
…Drug manufacturer Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) announced yesterday that it will stop shipping 340B-purchased drugs to hospitals’ contract pharmacies, effective Aug. 1.
Community health centers, HIV/AIDS clinics, and other federal grantee covered entities are exempt from BI’s new policy. It applies
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Part 6 of 6—What Happens Next For Revlimid, Pomalyst, Thalomid, and 340B?
As we described in Parts 2 and 3 of this series, in 2018, an ex-Celgene vice president responsible for the company’s 340B program compliance alleged in a whistleblower
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Part 5 of 6—Revlimid “didn’t get any better…. You just got better at making money”
Last September, the Democratic-controlled U.S. House Oversight and Reform Committee released a 45-page report focused on Celgene and Bristol Myers Squibb’s (BMS’s) nearly two
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In the last two years, over one-third of all state lawmakers nationwide accepted at least one pharmaceutical industry campaign contribution, news organization STAT reports.
The industry wrote over 10,000 individual checks totaling more than $9 million to “at least 2,467
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Part 4 of 6—How Do Celgene’s Revlimid Policies Affect 340B Hospitals and Patient Care?
The impact on health care providers of being unable to access Revlimid at the 340B price is significant, financially and in terms of patient care, according
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